SS Nemesis (1880)

For other uses, see Nemesis (disambiguation).

History
Name	Nemesis
Owner	Huddart, Parker & Co
Port of registry	Melbourne
Builder	Thomas Turnbull & Sons
Yard number	73
Launched	30 December 1880
Identification	Melbourne Registry No. 82666
Fate	Sunk during storm on 8/9 July 1904
General characteristics
Crew	32

SS Nemesis was a 1,393-ton cargo vessel built by Thomas Turnbull & Sons at Whitby in 1880. While on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne laden with coal and coke, she foundered south off Sydney on 8/9 July 1904 during a storm, with the loss of 32 crew.[1]

Service

Designed as a collier for the coastal transport of coal from Newcastle to Melbourne. She was fitted out to transport passengers during the Coolgardie gold rush in Western Australia in the early 1890s. Afterwards, she was refitted and used again to transport coal and coke between Newcastle and Melbourne.

Wreck identification

In 2021 a wreck was found and it was in September 2023[2] that it was positively identified by a surveying vessel looking for lost shipping containers.[3] The Department of Planning & Environment announced the identification to the public in February 2024.[4][2]

References

1. "S.S. Nemesis". Zeehan & Dundas Herald. Vol. XV, no. 235. Tasmania, Australia. 15 July 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Smith, Stephen (26 February 2024). "Shipwreck found over a century after bodies of crewmembers washed ashore: "120-year-old mystery" solved". CBS News. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
3. McLaren, Nick (25 February 2024). "Ship searching for sunken containers stumbles upon 120-year-old shipwreck". ABC News. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
4. SS Nemesis: 120-year-old shipwreck mystery solved and search for relatives begins Department of Planning & Environment

Further reading

• Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, London 1886.
• Plowman, Peter. Passenger Ships of Australia & New Zealand: 1876-1912. 1981.

External links

• Nemesis Office of Environment & Heritage